..the whole concept of dating is absolutely alien to any other culture than yours? Amercan dating is a whole concept of behaviour, strictly defined and hardly understandable for people from other countries. And its one thing american movies/pop culture didnt inject into other cultures.
I am not talking about dating as a form of flirtation, but of dating as a set of rules. In my country (Germany) theres just no defined approach to the other gender, and its never clear when a date is a "date" and its not common knowledge what to do/think if it is - contrary to the dating rules of what to on the first the second and the third date (as far as it was explained to me)...
"to ask someone out for a date" or "Im dating..." is so full of cultural background and knowledge that an european just cant understand it for some time because there are so many things that go without saying/that you are oblieged to know and to do if you dont want to alienate your "date".
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..the whole concept of dating is absolutely alien to any other culture than yours?
..." is so full of cultural background and knowledge that an european just cant understand it for some time because there are so many things that go without saying/that you are oblieged to know and to do if you dont want to alienate your "date".
Amercan dating is a whole concept of behaviour, strictly defined and hardly understandable for people from other countries. And its one thing american movies/pop culture didnt inject into other cultures.
I am not talking about dating as a form of flirtation, but of dating as a set of rules. In my country (Germany) theres just no defined approach to the other gender, and its never clear when a date is a "date" and its not common knowledge what to do/think if it is - contrary to the dating rules of what to on the first the second and the third date (as far as it was explained to me)...
"to ask someone out for a date" or "Im dating